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Old 09-11-2012, 02:24 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Janet Tweedy[_2_] Janet Tweedy[_2_] is offline
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Default Sterilising soil

In article , Stephen
Wolstenholme writes
Most microwaves will not sterilise dry soil. The soil will have to be
wet all the way through. A bit like cooking a mud pie.

Steve



That would be for heating it though Steve wouldn't it? Surely a
microwave would kill many germs/organisms?
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